Advertising device



A. RASMUSSEN, Sn., AND A. RASMUSSEN, In. ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I4. T920.

2 SHEETS- SHEET I.'

A. IIASMUSSEN, Sn., AND A. RASMUSSEN, In.

ADVERTISING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. I4. |920.

1,375,261 Patented' Apr. 19, 1921.

2 2. Q* HEETS SHEET invented a new and'useful l Advei'rtising Dei bevaried-for varying the inclination of i UNITED 4sinilzs ANDnnw nAsMUssEN,Y sa., ANDAND'nEw nAsMUssEN, Jn., onfnrDewAY, COLORADO.

PATENT cerise.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

VT0 all wiom t may-concern. .i n e' i l. Beit known that we, ANDREW RAsMU'ssEN,

Sr.,l and ANDREW RAsiviUssEN, r., citizens of the United States, residingfatlidgway, in the countyofOuray, State of Colorado, have vice;,and we do herebydeclarel the followingy to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such: as will enable others skilled 'in theart to which it aappertains l'tol make and use the same.V4 i

The invention relate/s to advertising devicesiand has for itsobject to provideka device of this character, whereinlan endless screen is moved longitudinally across the deV vice, kwhich screen4 has thereonfscenes, such forinstance as 'treesY fences vand the like vand to provide pivoted members, which may representvarious articles, such for instance asf an auton'nobilawhich` pivoted members arev operated from the same source of power asI the longitudinally movable endlessscreen.

VA further vobject is" toY provide a pivoted lever for oscillating the pivoted figures, said' pivotedl'ever being oscillatedfbyfmeans ofl an eccentrically 'disposed-,pinV carriedgby a Hrota- -table Vpulley,said pin being disposed in' anl elongatedslot of V`the pivoted lever so'that as thepulleyjrotates thepivoted leverwillbe"V o scillated.. Also to provide adjusting means whereby thepivotal point'offthe'flever may pivoted figure. l

A-"further object lis toprovide thev'free end.-

with a pulley, throughwhich pulley'power?.

is'trans'mitted bymeans offbeltingifto the pivr'itedfigures.H

With the above and other obiects in view the invention resides in thecomb'ination and' arrangement of 'partsfv as hereinafter setv forth, shown in the"v drawings,l describedl and claimed, it beingunderstood that changesin vention.

' In the drawings Figure 1 isa front elevation of the advier-4 tising device.

VVFig 2 is a top plan view.y

Fig. `3 is an 'enlargedvertical'sectional view taken on liniefrggmrgfvlof 2; r Y A v Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4 4 -of-Fig .2,

Referring to the drawings, theinumeral designates a rectangularwshaped"frame, on

Specification vorf Letters Patent.

which 'frame is supported all of the mecha-` nisin of thek device.'v Frame 1 is preferably rectangular shaped andy has secured to its forward side 2 upwardlyY extending postsv 3 and 4. Pivotally ysecured as at 5. to the post 3 is a figuren, which represents an automobile,`which automobile is adapted to lhave its wheels l7 simultaneously rotated-` with the oscillation of the figure upon its pivotalv poi-nt 5, thereby allowing the figure to repre sentan exaggerated action of an automobile may be displayed'on thebackground 10.1

Fig. Slis-also provided with pivoted" wheels 11 which-'are simultaneously rotatedthrough, mechanism hereinafter set forth.

Rotatably mounted in bearings 121k of the frameV l and at opposite ends, thereof are-- rollers 13, which: rollers are vertically dis-I posed and are-provided with channels 14 attheir lower ends, in which channels an; endless-belt 15 is disposed The belt'15 is flexible and/has secured thereto as at 16upwardly-extending scene sections 17 onwhich, sections may be painted various scenes, such fori' instance as treesor fences, the object being primarilyto formV anvendless scenic movable background which continuously moves 'so as to, create an optical-illusion that the figures 6 and .9 are moving instead vofthe background. The endless movable screen is rotatedfromadrive shaft` 18, which drive shaft may be drivenby anelectric motor or in any other'su'itable manner. Drive shaft 18.?is` rotatably mounted inbearings-of the frame 1 and is provided witha wormV 19,

which worm meshes with a gear20l carried by the pintle of one-.of the rollers 13.A Drive' shaft. -18is also yutilized for" rotating the roller. 13 at 'the oppositefend of the device,y powerbeing .transmitted to said roller.. through` thepulley 21, belt 22, the pulley 23v carried by the lfshaft24', said-shaft being rotatably mounted substantially centrally of f the frame f1 and having; a pulley and vbelt connection-24a withthepulley25 carried by the .flowerg'end of the;roller'}13. It will be Patented Apr. 1e, 1921.

- VApplicatirm led October 14, 1920. Serial No. 417,042. Y

lwithout. shock absorbers passing over `a rough road.v Secured tothe post 4 as at 8.' is a second figure 9, whichV figure doesfnot ioo seen-,thattas theshaft 18 Yrotates botli rollersA 13ywill1besimultaneously rotated thereby n ure Y9 va belt 28 passes, said belt also passing causing the en-dless scene to move longitudinally so Vthat the figures 6 and 9y which are located in front of the same willappearto N lated on its pivotal point, by the oscillation ofthe pivotal lever simultaneously with theV 'operati'on'of the-operable partsthereon.'v 2. Afdevice-.of-the ,character described,

be moving to the observer. i

Secured to one .end of. the shaft 24 is a pulley 26,'and around said pulley vand over pulleys 27 which rotate wheels 11T of the 'fig-4 over a pulley 29 4which is pivotally'mounted 6. Thus will be Vseen-that as the pulley. 29 rotates,l the lwheels 7' of the figure 6 and in the free end 30 of a pivotedlever 31,'

there beingan idle pulley 32over whichv said beltr 28 alsopassespflt will-be seen that as the pulley 26 rotates the belt'23 willV not 'Onlyrotate the wheels 11, of the figure v9 but will also rotateA the pulley 29, which pulley 29 isV pulley 35 carried by the `shaft oi the-front wheel 7 of the figure 6,`saidpulley 35 VbeingV in turn belted to apulley 36, which pulley is carried by the rear vwheel 7 ofthe ligure the-Wheels 11"*of the figure 9 will bel simulf taneously rotated.v y A Figure 6 is osc'illated on its pivotal point l 5 by means'of an eccentrically meunted pin "f of the automobile represente'dby the figure 37, which pin extends thrcugh an elongated slot 38 in` the'pivotedleverBl, the rear end of said-pivoted lever beingfpivotally con nectedvby means fof a-pin' 39 and'p'asses' 'through the-lever-and anyoneoi the apertures 40 'in thefront side of theicramefl.

Thus 'itfwillbeseen that the eccentric actiony may be variedfso that the 'oseillatien' ot the i igureyon itsp'ivotal point 5 -may also ,be

varied," according tothe type of igureused;

or the amount ofoscillation desired. It will lalso be seen that during thev oscillation of the gure 6 the iigurel'9 will remain horizontal, thereby indicating gthesmooth running 9. 1t is understood though that various tig# ures may be substituted 'for figures 6 and-9,'

for instance Washing Vmachine figures or'any" Y other figures desired willrbe'displayed.

The pintle 13a of the roller 13 ismounted" in a bearing l3d'ofabelt tighteningdevice 136,*by' means of which'device the' endless movable scene belt is tightened* as desired,

-- to prevent slipping of the same.

' The invention having been set forth what is claimed'ias newand useful isz--l l. A` devicev of the 'character described comprising an Vendless I vertically. disposed" scenic belt, and a pivoted lever, `a single Vsource of power for operating the scenic belt ure having operable parts thereon and operable from theusingleA sourcefof power for "operating Vthe operable "parts the figures, said pivoted figure being osc1lcomprising vertically disposed' rollers havvertically' disposed-rollers and' oscillating brackets andi entirelysupported tliereby,=one off said` figuresbeing, pivoted, oper-ablerparts carried by the guresjandjmeans operable Y the `pivoted lever, brackets disposed VinY viront'. of the scenic l"belt, -ligures carried loysaitli i'romqthe' singlejsource of powerlorfoscilf operable parts. of v the iigures E f 1 lating the pivoted figure.andoperating-thev .13. An fad'vertisingdevice comprising base-,an .endless ymovablefscene y.carried by Y said base, anyoscillatinglever disposed inf-,the

base and pivoted-at 'one'of its ends, iigures supported;y on jbraclretsginfront of 1the .-scnene provided witll'foperable parts, one ofsaid figures 4 being A pivotedv andVV means operablef vfrom. a single source ofi power` whereby the Y scene will be Irioyechfthe operable" parts of` the figures operated Sand thepivoted -,ligure rocked on its pivotal; point 'incident -#to the oscillation-.f"thefpivoted lever.v 5

said idevicecomprisingg'y vertically; disposed rollers having''an., endless scenic belt around g the l same1 and bracket supported `ligures im front' of the? belt, one of said `figures being belt liroinv ai single` source fof power, means whereby-:upon the oscillation y oli Athe lever i the pivoted iigiire. will `vbe, oscillrated land the t operableparts of both iguresoperatedand "1 means r'fwherebyfY theiipivotalpoijnt of the le- 115. Af-Ifdevice'g/f r; the j- :,-ides-oribed s comprisn'ig-,f-vspacecl-f-sigfures'; .'supported'-- 'oni' brackets, 1, onezo'f said` figures being pivotedgk operable' Aparts?carried by said'i'gures, al pivi` A oted lever having an adjustable pivetedA Y 1 point,-f:`afnd1meansfoperable"from a single,

source ol power kfor oscillating said lever, operating the loperable :partsf 'of the; .igures otal point. n Y 1. 5, y In testimony wherjeow'e hafv'evsigned. our

` names to this specification in Lthe presence of twoV subscribing"witnesses; ,.2 A

ANDREW;,RASMUSSEN, SR.

, ANDREW ..1GA1RoLL-M-STNivoob-7- lFrRN M. PORTER. 

